Monday, March 7, 2016

The
Democratic National Committee has insured that
democracy will not inconvenience Hillary's coronation.

It's
Not Them, It's Us:
The government, through the FBI suit, is not attacking Apple, it is
attacking us, average American citizens
with average American lives. It is not just
about forcing Apple to
unlock an iPhone; it's about forcing Samsung to turn on the video
camera and mikes in your smart TV and channel the feed to the Feds.
It's about the Feds forcing Google or Microsoft to force-feed your
computer system (and smartphone and refrigerator and car and god
knows what-all) software that will collect everything about you and
everything you do and ship it straight to the Gestapo – under cover
of an automatic updates. Just think what an enemy could do with this
ability; or already is.

Good
Times: After a
melee broke out between some protesters and some of Trump's
brownshirts,
Trump said he was tired of “political correctness” in handling
protesters and that the offending individuals should be ejected. “Try
not to hurt him,” Trump said, “If you do, I'll defend you in
court.”

Labor
And Delivery:
Data supporting the latest BLS employment report indicates that
304,000 of the 242,000 jobs added in February were part-time
positions.

Lies,
Damn Lies, and Delegate Counts:According to the
headlines, Hillary continues to march to victory. Mind you she
carried only one of the four states holding primaries – and the
Dems won't carry LA in the fall election anyway, while the down and
out Mr. Sanders won in KS, NB, and ME. Currently Sanders has won 43%
of primary delegates - 498 - and Clinton has won 57% - 652, and
bought 465 superdelegates.

Miranda,
Revised: In
Louisiana, which intends to starve the public defender system to
death through budget cuts, the new Miranda warning will tell the
indigent that they have the right to a lawyer and if they can't
afford one, neither can the state. This will allow Louisiana to pull
even further into the undisputed lead as the incarceration capital of
the world. Not of the nation, of the world; Louisiana's incarceration
rate is 13 times China's and 20 times Germany's.

Post
No Bills: The
Chinese have banned all depictions of gays, adultry, one-night
stands, cleavage and reincarnation from television. Reincarnation?

Stripes:
Obama, remaining true to his neoliberal philosophy has nominated
John King to be Secretary of Education. King is an avid cheerleader
supporting charter schools, privatization of school systems, and
state directed top-down imposition of standards on local schools. His
record in NY was “
ineffective and destructive to schools, educators, and most
importantly students."

Leadership:
Trump says that he
will change international law and then order US soldiers to torture
and waterboard suspected members of the Islamic State, then
incarcerate the survivors in Guantanamo at Cuban expense.

Harem
Scarem:
Erdogan's Turkey -already the world's leader in incarcerating
innocent journalists for years without charges - spiraled further
down the drain over the weekend when the government raided and took
over Zaman, the country's largest newspaper. Erdogan has also told
the public that his new constitution is a matter of fiat, that there
will be no discussion or bargaining on the document, which will
essentially make him President For Life. The legislature is being
ordered to approve it, then it will go through a rigged plebiscite
ending with Erdogan's elevation to immortality.

Gag
Me:France,
which only a couple of
months ago was convulsed following an Islamic terrorist attack in
Paris, has honored the Saudi crown prince for
'fighting terrorism and extremism', which
is pretty funny in that the Saudis provide the home of the Islamic
jihadist philosophy and the source of much of their funding.

Our Motto

Keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. And when you get through kickin' ass and celebratin' the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was.